New Delhi: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Wednesday have been conducting raids at the residences of 18 government officials working in different capacities across Karnataka in connection with disproportionate assets cases.


As many as 400 ACB sleuths have been conducting searches at 75 different places in the state. At least 3kgs of sandalwood was found in Range Forest Officer (RFO), Shivanand P Sharanappa Khedagi's residence at Badami in Bagalkote district in the ongoing raids, India Today reported.






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Besides sandalwood, the officials have reportedly found a huge quantity of gold jewellery and property documents.




Here is a list of government officials being raided by ACB:



  1. Manjunath, Assistant Commissioner, Ramnagara

  2. Ramesh Kankatte, RFO, Yadgir district

  3. Chaluvaraj, Excise Inspector, Gundlupet Taluk

  4. Ashok Reddy Patil, Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd., Devadurga, Raichur

  5. Gopinath Malagi, Project Manager, Nirmiti Kendra, Vijayapura

  6. Maheshwarappa, District Environmental Officer, Davangere

  7. Balakrishna HN, Police Inspector, Vijayanagara Police Station, Mysuru

  8. BK Shivakumar, Additional Director, Industries and Commerce, Bengaluru

  9. Gnanendra Kumar, Additional Commissioner, Transport, Bangalore RTO

  10. Basava Kumar S Annigeri, Shirastedar DC office, Gadag

  11. Girish, Assistant Engineer, National Highway Subdivision

  12. Daya Sunder Raju, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation, Dakshina Kannada

  13. Basavaraj Shekar Reddy Patil, Executive Engineer, Koujalagi Division, Gokak

  14. Rakesh Kumar, Bangalore Development Authority, Town planning

  15. Shivanand P Sharanappa Khedagi, RFO, Badami

  16. Srinivas, General Manager, Social Welfare Department

  17. Gavirangappa, Public Works Department, Chikmagalur

  18. Krishnan AE, Agricultural Produce & Livestock Market Committee, Haveri